Shayda (2023)
"A love letter to mothers and daughters everywhere"
Title: Shayda
Original Title: Shayda
Release Date: 2023-09-28
Status: Released
Rating: 6.5/10 (from 12 votes)
Language: FA
Genres: Drama
Production Companies: Dirty Films, Screen Australia, Origma 45, VicScreen, MIFF Premiere Fund, HanWay Films, The 51 Fund, Parandeh Pictures
Shayda, a young Iranian woman living in Australia, finds refuge in a women’s shelter with her 6-year-old daughter, Mona. Having fled her husband, Hossein, and filed for divorce, Shayda struggles to maintain normalcy for Mona. Buoyed by the approach of Nowruz, she tries to forge a fresh start with new and unfettered freedoms. But when a judge grants Hossein visitation rights, he reenters their life, stoking Shayda’s fear that he’ll attempt to take Mona back to Iran.
Cast
Zar Amir Ebrahimi
Shayda
Selina Zahednia
Mona
Leah Purcell
Joyce
Jillian Nguyen
Vi
Osamah Sami
Hossein
Mojean Aria
Farhad
Rina Mousavi
Elly
Lucinda Armstrong Hall
Renee
Bev Killick
Cathy
Jack Bonser
Night Club Member (uncredited)
